Alexander The Great

Alexander the Great

On July twentieth, 356 B.C. Alexander the Great was born. His Father was Philip, the

King of Macedonia. His mother was Olympia, daughter of the late King Epirus.

Alexander was quite mature for his age. At 13 he started learning from Aristotle, he was

trained with other children. It was at this time that he met Hephastion, his future best

Friend. Aristotle gave Alexander training in rhetoric and literature and sparked his

Interest in science, medicine, and philosophy, all which became important later

In his life. When Alexander was 14 his father was going to purchase a black stallion.

The horse was to wild and no one thought it could be tamed. Alexander decided

That he could do it and leapt onto its back and started a sixteen year relationship

with the horse. He named the horse Bucephalus At the age of sixteen his father made him

regent , with the power to rule in his father's name. While his father was away ,one of

the colonies revolted. Alexander quickly marched troops to the area. Also at 16 he

founded his first colony and named it Alexandroupolis. At age eighteen Alexander

was left in command of the left wing of the Macedonian army at the battle of

Chaeronea. The battle was won thanks to a cavalry attack led by Alexander.

Alexander never got along well with his father, he had always been closer to

his mother Olympia. Philip and Olympia did not get along well because she was

non-Macedonian. The family split apart when Philip married a women named Cleopatra

a Macedonian. When Philip divorced Olympia Alexander fled. He was allowed to return

but remained isolated until Philip was assassinated in the summer of 336 B.C. Alexander

ascended to the throne at age 20. Soon after that he took the title Alexander the Great.

In 335 the city of Thebes revolted and Alexander stormed the city by force taking 30,000

as slaves. He could never dominate force in this as long as Darius the Persian ruler was

alive. After beating Persia the second and last time in 332, Darius had managed to

survive. He fled to the mountains and was later killed by Bessus his own nobleman.

With Darius out of the way Alexander was crowned king of Persia and became known

as king of all Asia. Alexander began his war against Persia in spring 334 B.C. by

crossing the Hellespont with a large army. Alexander's forces defeated the enemy and

lost only 110 men. Alexander entered Egypt in 331 B.C. He founded some 70 cities

in the lands he conquered and ordered the named after himself. The most famous is

Alexandria which is located at the mouth of the Nile river. In spring of 327 B.C. his

Army marched into India Invading Punjab. The greatest battle in India was against Porus.

On July 326B.C. Alexander's army crossed the river to meet Porus's forces and defeated

them. In this battle Alexander's horse Bucephalus was wounded and died. In 11 years

from 335 B.C. to 324 B.C. Alexander and his army battled their way across 22,000 miles.

Alexander started to lose some of his power. The troops wanted to go home but

Alexander kept pushing them to conquer more. Once when Alexander was drunk he

Fought and killed his friend Clitus. At this time he lost the trust of his already unhappy

troops. A lot of Macedonians started to dislike him. This was caused by his adoption of

Persian ways. He was pulling together a vast empire but the Macedonians felt they were

losing their leader. After all this, Alexander still had much of his power but soon it would

be taken away. On June 10, 323 B.C. Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king and

great conqueror died at the age of 33. The actual cause of his death is remains unknown

They embalmed him and placed his body in a gold sarcophagus which was taken to

Memphis, Egypt. Later, taken to Alexandria, his final resting place. With no successor

Named on his death bed, his empire went to generals and officers who would then

Become governors of sections of his empire. Soon after, Alexander's empire crumbled.

As you can conclude Alexander's life was full of accomplishments.

Alexander the Great

On July twentieth, 356 B.C. Alexander the Great was born. His Father was Philip, the

King of Macedonia. His mother was Olympia, daughter of the late King Epirus.

Alexander was quite mature for his age. At 13 he started learning from Aristotle, he was

trained with other children. It was at this time